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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-02-22
cen. sherman.s Ab,ent MIndedne,

Speaking OF, Gen. Sherman's absent minded
ness, an old soldier said to-day: IAN incident
happened on Pine mountain, Ga, the evening
that Gen. Sherman sent his famous dispatch,
FaHold the Fort, / am coming to Allatoona,
E0ct. s, 1854. The general received u fresh
cigar from some one, cigars being scarce, and
began Il shout for d light. Lieut.. J, Clarence
Peck, OF Glen. Whittaker's staff, was the for.
tunate possessor lot q freshly lighted cigar,
and be politely handed 1t to Gen. Sherman,
who pit his W cigar and then deliberately
threw the ~ieptenaptls cigar away. A broad
smile displayed itsslfaIl around The general
war thinking Of. those million rations at ALA
tcona, but II didn't pappease the disgust Of ths
hest4.4sEaANew YorkaEun. AagS $50.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-02-22

= serious matter to desert, when a strict court
martial may impose the. sentence of death.
But in time OF peace with many men desertion
is hardly worse than drunkenness or any
other of the many misdsmeanors which occa-
sion something like 1900 courts marsialdur-
ing the year
Gen. Sheridan believes that il would be =
good thing to brand every soldier when he
senlists, so that in case OF desertion, if he at
ternpts to re-enlist, he can be identified. No
man ever entered the army without being
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-02-22
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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-02-22

4 DIT. Brady, the photographer who made a
reputation during the war period as
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-02-22
Great Trunk Line

To ali ckstcrn and southern states. The
Peoples Line is superb in all its appointments,
elegant coaches, Pullman sleepers on all night
trains. and its ratea are always rs low and time
a. quick ~ other lines.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-27
WIT AND HUMOR.

In the bright lexicon of Wall street
one of the largest words is Fail. y
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-27

nation snow rise In chlorides later IN
the season. When soil has been long
contaminated by sewerage. aud then
fresh contamination ceases for num-
Der of years, the proportion of chlorides
in the well-water may be considerably
higher than normal, but it will remain
nearly unaltered through the drainage
season.
In contaminated well-waters the
proportion of nitrates and chlorides in
creases at first at an equal rate, but il
active drainage continues the pro-
portion of nitrates greatly increases.
The sewage of poorly-fed population
gives high proportion of chlorides to
nitrates, while stable sewerage causes
the reverse. The chloride contamina-
ton is more permanent than by
nitrates. The probable average pro.
portion of nitrogen as nitrates in
drainage water from uncultivated land
is 2.S per million.
The examinations of waters made bv
MIR. Warrington were almost entirely
chemicals; the only exception was a
series of experiments which indicate
that nitrifying micro-organism is con-
tanned in deep-wen waters, but in very
small proportions.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-27
Having Mothers Picture Taken.

l was waiting, not great while ago,
in picture gallery, and after anus
ing myself with looking round on the
many faces, old and young, handsome
and ugly, that decorated the walls, and
resting in my quiet corner. l was
70 sed by heavy football on the stair.
The door opened and a young man
entered. He had an honest, sunburnt
face, on which a smile of quiet salts
faction beamed, and he was leading
by the hand a small, quaint-looking
old lady, neatly but plainly dressed
He led her tenderly, almost reverently,
to a chair and seated her. She seemed
quite fatigued and trembled from
weakness The son looked upon her
with such genuine affection aGG nom
est delight that it brought tears to my
eyes. Nothing could be more touch
ing or striking than the contrast. He.
just on the threshold of life, full of
hope and freshness, everything wear
ing the rose-colored tint of early
morning, fearing nothing, hoping all
things; she, with her snow-white locks
and trembling age, leaning on his
strong arm with faultless trust, the time
of her departure near at hand, life's
tolls and labors over, it's honors, it's
strife nothing to her.
''Can you take picture, misterp
hope that she is not too old or that
her not seeing good will make any diff
ference She didn't want to come for
fear her being so old and blind you
couldn't make picture of her. Please
try your best, sir, for you see she is
my mother, and [ have plenty of mon
ey to pay for a big one, and she wants
you to take mine for me to leave with
her-you see have to leave her, sir;
[ have the living to make now. No
more hard days for her old eyes. |
am all that's left, sir, of seven.
Though she may not be able to see my
picture, she can hold it in her old
me. Say, mister, if you have to stint
either of us, don't stint mother. | feel
like don't want to lose none of her;
don't make it too little,
The son was requested to lead his
mother into the ante-room. AS he re-
turned he was loud in his praises to
the artist at the success. and the hum
BILE little mother, clinging to the
strong manly arm of her boy as she
passed out, had calm. holy express
sion, as if she already discerned the
golden gates of the New Jerusalem
which she must shortly enter. How
gayly he chatted and laughed as they
descended the stairs! [ listened until
the last sound of that manly voice died
away. l could but say, 'sGod be with
him; such tender, loving SON."
Have you feeble, old mother, boys?
If so, don't hide your love, but, like
this bonnie boy, let it be seen in every
glance of the eye; heard in every tone;
felt in every action. This little scene
in the picture gallery inspired pure
and lovely thoughts and enriched my
heart with precious memories.-Mrs.
d. e. Henton, IN COurier-Jour7eal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-27
American and English Beauty.

If one looks into the question of re-
lative English and American beauty,
it is plain that the manifest superior
ity of American women is due part
ly to their knowing-ah! how we'll
they know-how to make the best of
themselves. One thing is painfully
common even among the best-kept
English women, and that is an I'M
slightly gap in the teeth where one has
been removed-it may be front tooth
itself. They never seem to think it
necessary to have it replaced, aud it
gives positive shock to an American
accustomed to the scrupulou care of
the teeth practiced by their ountry-
women. Another difference is in the
grizzled hair of many English ladies
who don't seem to have acquired the
subtle spell of the American woman of
so or Whereabouts, whose hair sudden
ly turns to lustrous, dazzling white,
making the features twice as young
by contrast. OF course the American
ladies deny that they do anything to
tide over the grizzled period, but all
the same there are no grizzlies in
American society, and there are in
Vulnerable handsome middle-aged
women with snow-white hair and
youthful faces. This invaluable re-
suit has not yet crossed the Atlantic,
but English ladies are signing for it.
Tney often ask, '.How do the Ameri-
cans get their snow-white hair at 45?''
Which nobody has yet been found
willing to answer.-Boston Transcript.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-27
Well Water.

The great majority of the people in
this country obtain their drinking
water from the moving sheet of water
which lies at greater or less depth
beneath the surface of the earth, and
for this purpose they use wells.
The question as to how far, and
under what circumstances, well water
may be dangerously contaminated,
and how such contamination may be
best recognized when present, or be
foreseen and guarded against, are
therefore of constant interest. The
Journal of the Chemical Society for
June of this year contains paper by
Robert Warrington, entitled "a Con-
tributon to the Study of Well Water, +"
which is of more than ordinary value
and interest. In this paper is given
the result of continuous and system
attic examination of the well waters Of
Rothampsted, Eng, and of the con-
nection between the composition OF
rain, drainage and deep-well waters.
Taking a. series of observations for
several years it was found that the
rain contained, in 200 parts, an aver
age of parts of cholorine, 0.67 part OF
COIL DlHou uiIIOSou, dile A.OA pa 10 VI
sulphuric acid. By drainage through
feet of bare soil the quantity of
CHLORINE is not increased, but the
combined nitrogen is increased about
nine times by oxidation of the organic
matter in the soil. The production
of nitrates occurs chiefly in the
Summer months, and the first con-
siderable drainage which occurs after
Summer will contain the greatest por-
ton of the nitrates.
Nitrates being assimilated by plants
are generally absent in drainage from
land bearing an actively growing crop.
The proportion of chlorine in the
purest wells at Harpenden is about
eleven per million, and it varies very
little. Wells in soil much contaminated
by sewage may show the commence
ment of rise in the chIorides one or
two months after the active Autumn
drainage begins, and two months be-
fore the water-level in the we'll begins
to rise. Wells little liable to contami-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-27

When we arrived it was raining in a
deliberate fashion from out an abso-
lutely cloudless sky, and no one mind
ed it in the least. Around our ships
bows and everywhere upon the deep
dark water of the bay small rainbows
danced in jolly play, and sparkling
drops shone bright on every rope
aboard. In few minutes it was over;
a few more and another shower came;
the clear sunshine continuing steady
through all, as if it had no part what
ever in such freaks. This sort of
thing had been going on nearly every
day for fourteen months when we
arrived, and the land was a wet
sponge in consequence. And then, on
the debit side, until that time it had
been eight years since any rain at all
had fallen! At that time water was
brought from the mainland in barrels
sufficient to keep animals alive, and it
may easily be imagined that but little
was given to trees. AS a result tho
island is quite bare. There are occa-
sional clumps of cocoa palms, or man
goes, but the general landscape -
treeless. Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-27
A Millionaire and the Statue of We
nus.

There is millionaire quite close at
hand, within whose gardens fair sew
eral statues stand. Apollo smiles OFT
there Juno and Jupiter, Castor and
Pollux, pair with hand in hand. In
addition to those there are Venus and
many others too numerous or indeli-
cate to mention. For years this
Olympian collection mas evoked adj
miration, and attention has been
drawn to the possessor as man who
values the precious in art and spends
his money in promoting the taste for
the Greek slave-I mean, Greek art.
He has or had lovely statue of Venus,
andVenus used to stand III modest, de-
predatory attitude in the garden and en-
dure all sorts of inspection. need
scarcely say that Venus could not be
looked at without conflicting emotions,
which accounted forherpopularity. Well
one night the millionaire had been out
at an Irish home-rule meeting, and he
had imbibed some very strong argu-
ments. He was, to say the least of it,
rather confused in his mind and I'M
steady on his feet As he wandered
through the garden to find the front
door of the house, which he was COM
ing to believe had been taken inside
for the night, his eye fell On Venus.
Time was no object. He stood and
gazed at the statue of beauty for long
time. Then he walked up and shook
his fist at it.
'.Look here, Venus, it just occurs to
me you've been here fourteen years, and
you've never paid cent of rent. You'd
better get out of this"
And he pitched Venus off her pedes-
tai over the garden wall.-SGn Fran
cisco Chronicle.
New York has tax on inheritances
"a very easy tax to pay. Within the
last two years it has paid over $5,OGO,-
900 into the treasury of the state.
There is dog in St. Catharines,
Ont, that can climb a lamp-post as
easily as squirrel can tree.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-27
Women Sold at Auction.

The London Times of July IS, 1897,
announced that ION Friday a butcher
exposed his wife for sale in Smithfield
market, near the Ram inn, with a
halter about her neck and one about
her waist, which tied her to railing
when a hog driver was the happy pur-
chaser, who gave the husband
guineas and crown for his departed
rib. Pity it is there is no stop put to
such depraved conduct in the lower
order of people" On the following
day it is stated: by some mistake in
our report of the Smithfield market
we had not learned the average price
of wives for the last week. The
writer further says: 1.-The increasing
| value of the fair sex is esteemed by
several eminent writers as a certain
criterion of increasing civilization.
Smithtield has. on this ground strong
pretensions to refined improvement.
as the price of wives has risen in that
market from ] guinea to 81 guineas.
Years ago it was generally believed
in England that husband might law
fully sell his wife to another man pro-
vided he conducted the. transaction in
some public place and delivered her to
the purchaser with a halter about her
| neck. The sales were duly reported
in the newspapers of the period, with
out any special comment, as items of
everyday news. In some instances
market tolls were collected similar to
those charged for animals brought to
the public market.
The following from the London
Times of Sept. 10, 1897, is somewhat
jocular in style: IAN hostler's wife in
the country lately fetched 25 guineas.
We hear there is to be sale of wives
soon at Christie's. We have no doubt
they will soon go off WELL" In the
same journal, for Dec. 2, 1907, it is re-
corded that lat the last sale of wives
there was but poor show, though
there were plenty of bidders. One
alone went off well, being bought by
a Taylor, who outbid eight of his COM
petitors."
A wife and child, with a quantity of
furniture, were sold in 1902 at the
Market Cross, Chapel-en-le-Frith,
Derbyshire, for II shillings. The sale
is reported in the morning Herald,
and it is there stated that there was
beggar. In the same year butcher
sold his wife by public auction in the
Hereford market The lot realized FL
As and bowl of punch.
In the London Times of March 80,
1896, it is stated that at Sheffield a
person named Lees sold his wife for
the small sum of six-pence to a man
called Hall. The woman was delivered
to her purchaser with halter round
her neck. Her husband gave a guinea
to have her taken next day to Man
chester by coach. The paragraph is
thus concluded: cit would be well if
some law were enforced to put stop
to such degrading traffic"
Says the Ipswich Journal, Jan. %,
1887: ga farmer of the parish of Stow
upland sold his wife to a neighbor for
5 guineas, and, being happy to think
he had made good bargain, pre-
sented her with a guinea to buy new
gown. He then went to the Stowup-
land market and gave orders for the
bells to be rung on the occasion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-27

A recent freshet in Wilkes comfy,
Georgia, washed away part of hill
on which an Indian village once stood.
and the ground for acres around is said
to be strewn with flint arrow and spear
heads, stone tomahaWks, maces.
battle-axes, and almost every instru-
ment of Indian warfare. Besides
these were found many domestic
articles, as mortars and pestles fol
MASKING corn, pots hewn out of solid
stone, and broken vases carved in
curious designs. On the top of this
Hill was found large Pile of broken
and defective arrow-heads. which
seemed to mark the spot where some
arrow-maker had his shop.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-27

Warner TO friend who was planning
one, railways be sure to have it in
clude at least one ignorant woman.
She will ask all the questions you are
ashamed to ask or think, YOU don't
need to ask. and you will secure the
benefit of vast deal of information
you would otherwise lose" The
Epoch.
A Chicago millionaire who has trav-
eled great deal is visiting in Lincoln
just now, and at social gathering
last evening a charming young lady
commenced to question him. "You
have travelled extensively" Eyes, a
great deal" Were you ever in
Greece" "Why, yes. l made my
mnnev in lard have corner in that
kind of grease w."-Ne6raska State
Journal.
Eyes," said Mr.. Smirk to a young
man who had ventured to praise his
daughters appearance to him, Eyes,
her mother and | sometimes presume
to consider her rather a fine figure
Speaking as a person with an eye for
art, may, perhaps. be permitted to
suggest that her outline is graceful
and correct. l am naturally proud to
have daughter who is constructed
upon the best models. PHILADELPHIA
NeUs.
"Well," said the Car Stove to the
Rotten Bridge yesterday, ''you have
had pretty busy summer, and have
hustled good many people into the
mysterious beyond, but your work is
tame after all. You don't give them
taste of the hereafter. Just wait
few weeks and see me broil 'em. !"
And they joined arms and walked
down to the managers office to tell
how much they were saving him every
year. minneapolis Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-27
Missionary G. D. Tennv some tim

ago resigned his place in China under
the American Board on account of his
independent religious opinions He
remained in China, and now thinks
that he was divinely directed to resign
because Viceroy Ii Hung Chang has
chosen him to be tutor to his sons,
thus giving him a much more infuen-
tial place in respect to the develop
ment of China than he could possibly
have occupied IS q missionary.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-27

In Lexington, Ga, lives lady who
~ MS ball of yarn that was spun and
soven during the war of the Revolu-
on. The thread is seemingly sound
.ud whole.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-27

Terence v. Powderly intends to de-
vote himself to literary work when he
ceases to be the leading factor IN the
Knights of Labor organization.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-10-27
The Medieval Materia Medica.

A ring made of the hinge of . coffin
was credited with the ,powe:. OF reliev-
ing cramps. which,n-,or1s' ocelVed ssIace
when rusty old ST. ~ was hungy up
by the patients beptside Nails driven
into an oak tree wefe not cure but a
preventive against toothache} A
halter which had servl to hang a
criminal withal when bounT. round
the temples was found an infailible
remedy for headache. A dead mans
hand could dispel tumors of the glands
by stroking the parts nine times, but
the hand of man who had been cut
down from the gallows-tree was, we
need not say, remedy infinitely more
efficacious. Some of these remedies
still exist among the superstitiOus poor
of the provinces, although the form
ula, of course, is not now strictly adj
hered to, the game being emphatically
hardly worth the candle. To cure
warts, for instance, the best thing was
to steal a piece of beef from the
butcher, with which the warts were to
be rubbed, after which it was to be
inferred, and as the process of decom-
position went on the warts would
wither and disappear.
The chips of a gallows on which
several persons had been hanged,
when worn in bag round the neck,
was pronounced an infallible cure for
the ague. The nightmare, supposed.
of course, to be caused by superna-
tural agency, was banished by means
of stone with hole in it being sus-
pended at the head of the sufferers
bed. This last remedy went by the
name of bag stone, because it pre-
vented the witches, who, of course,
wrought the mischief, from sitting on
the patients stomach. It's effect upon
these mischievous old crones was sim
gularly deterrent. The poor old crea-
lures, who could not have sat on a
horse the moment he began to walk,
were credited with riding these ami
mails over the moorland at headlong
speed in the dead of night, when
better disposed and less frisky people
were wrapped in slumber. A bag
stone tied to the key of a stable door
at once put stop to these heathenish
vagaries. Times.